Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1950, Page 99

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Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference of North America. 1950 99

walk was laid from the main building to the dining hall; partly
widened and partly new. The dining hall, one of the former govern-
ment buildings moved to the campus, received an exterior covering
of asbestos shingles, This dining hall is being used to serve an
average of 100 persons each school year. It still lacks proper
heating. The interior of the girls’ dormitory was completely reno-
vated during the summer of 1949. Two faculty houses on the
campus were painted. In the Dean’s home a new heating plant
was installed, to replace the old and worn-out furnace. The chapel
in the main building, which had not received attention in more
than twenty years, was redecorated. A coal stoker was installed
in the high school building. It is operating efficiently. This building
contains classrooms. We still have a number of projects, mentioned
in the 1950—1951 budget under “Improvements,” which need
immediate attention. In the main, all of these items are current
problems of general repairs.

A major and acute problem which confronts the College Board
is proper housing for the male students. We have no permanent
dormitory. One was promised about twenty years ago, but the
project was never carried out. Formerly these students were
housed in the old administration building. Because of poor sani-
tary conditions and because these living quarters were very in-
adequate and adjacent to classrooms, these students were moved
to temporary barracks acquired from the Government. This make-
shift has also proved to be very unsatisfactory. Proper control
cannot be exercised. This building is deteriorating. In addition,
it is not good that our seminary students are mixed with high
school boys. We cannot hope to succeed in recruiting young men
for the ministry when the living quarters at I.L.C. are of the
poorest kind. This is capital investment, of course, but it is essen-
tial to the proper development of our seminary department. Cer-
tainly the emphasis is here, in view of the extreme manpower
shortage in the Church.

The Objectives

In our last report (1948) it was stated that “no rules and regu-
lations nor definitions of office were provided by the Synodical
Conference.” When the College Board was appointed by the
Missionary Board in 1947, regulations for that supervisory board
were adopted, but none existed as yet for the college administration.
Such regulations were prepared and presented to the Missionary
Board in 1948. After careful consideration they were adopted and
they became effective as of September 15, 1949.

Regulations for Immanuel Lutheran College, Greensboro, N.C.

I. The College Board

Pursuant to the resolution adopted by the 39th Convention of the
Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America in Mil-
waukee, Wis., August 6 to 9, 1946, namely,

“That all colleges and seminaries operated by the Synodical
Conference be under the control and supervision of the Mis-
sionary Board of the Synodical Conference. This also includes
the calling of instructors and the erection and maintenance
of building. The Missionary Board may appoint local com-
mittees to represent it at the respective college or seminary,”